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https://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-shuts-down-body-shamers-on-instagram-2017-8A former Miss Universe winner shut down body-shamers on Instagramhttps://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-shuts-down-body-shamers-on-instagram-2017-8
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:10:57 -0400Brianna Arps
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<h3><strong>The INSIDER Summary:</strong></h3>
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<li><strong>Alicia Machado is the former Miss Universe. She won the esteemed beauty pageant in 1996.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Recently, she was body-shamed online after posting an Instagram picture wearing a red lace jumpsuit.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Social media users were quick to comment, saying that she looks "chubby" and "overweight."</strong></li>
<li><strong>In defense, Machado wrote: <span>"Yes and I still have another 5 pounds more to gain to appear even fatter for the next character that I will be playing."</span></strong></li>
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<p><br>Body-shamers are ruthless about <a href="https://www.insider.com/kelly-brook-denies-photoshop-rumors-bikini-photos-2017-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">commenting on other people's </a><a href="https://www.insider.com/kelly-brook-denies-photoshop-rumors-bikini-photos-2017-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">weight online</a>.</p>
<p>Recently, former Miss Universe <a href="https://www.insider.com/john-oliver-donald-trump-rants-alicia-machado-2016-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alicia Machado</a> experienced their wrath after posting an Instagram picture of herself on August 25 in a form-fitting lace jumpsuit.</p>
<p>The post, <a href="https://people.com/chica/alicia-machado-defends-weight-gain-2017/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">which we first saw on People Chica</a>, is a red carpet photo that was taken at the Spanish-language awards show, "Premios Tu Mundo" (or "Your World Awards").</p>
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<p>Almost immediately, several users began bashing the ex-beauty queen for looking "chubby" and "overweight," according to People Chica. The site translated a few comments from Spanish to English in its original report on August 30.</p>
<p>"<span>You look chubby. I don’t know if it’s your undergarments, but the extra pounds are noticeable," one user wrote, according to People Chica. The magazine cited another</span><span> Instagrammer, who wrote: "As a</span> public figure, you’re overweight in my opinion. Those clothes do not suit her."</p>
<p>Machado defended herself by saying she gained weight due to her budding acting career, People Chica reports.</p>
<p><span>"Yes and I still have another 5 pounds more to gain to appear even fatter for the next character that I will be playing," she commented in response, according to People Chica.</span></p>
<p><span>Howeover, after searching the star's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532410/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IMDb profile</a> the exact role she may have been referring to in her comment is unclear.</span></p>
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<p><span>This isn't the first time Machado has faced backlash concerning her body.</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>In September 2016 during a presidential debate, Hillary Clinton referenced Machado's claim that Donald Trump called her <a href="https://www.insider.com/john-oliver-donald-trump-rants-alicia-machado-2016-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping"</a> in 1996 — the year she won the <a href="https://www.insider.com/alicia-machado-donald-trump-2016-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Miss Universe pageant</a> that Trump previously owned. </span></p>
<p><span>On September 26, the former Clinton campaign staff released this video against Trump that shows Machado speaking out against the now-President.</span></p>
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Donald Trump called her "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping."<br><br>Her name is Alicia Machado. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DebateNight?src=hash">#DebateNight</a> <a href="https://t.co/0wrISjJe6z">pic.twitter.com/0wrISjJe6z</a> </p>— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/780611407221960704">September 27, 2016</a>
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<p><span>On September 30,</span><span> Trump fueled the controversy by <a href="https://www.insider.com/alicia-machado-donald-trump-2016-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">attacking the Venezuelan pageant winner</a>. In a <a href="https://www.insider.com/john-oliver-donald-trump-rants-alicia-machado-2016-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">string of offensive tweets</a>, he referred to Machado as "disgusting."</span></p>
<p><span>INSIDER has contacted a representative for Alicia Machado for comment.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-shuts-down-body-shamers-on-instagram-2017-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/transforming-bridesmaid-dress-2017-3">A fashion designer created a transforming bridesmaid dress that fits every body type</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-tweetstorm-2016-9'Sexist tweets & disgusting lies': Elizabeth Warren rips Donald Trump's tirade against Alicia Machadohttps://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-tweetstorm-2016-9
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:07:26 -0400Bryan Logan
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57eee0c811c8e70c048b4ab2-1549/ap_16162030510547.jpg" alt="Elizabeth Warren" data-mce-source="AP" data-mce-caption="Elizabeth Warren." /></p><p>Donald Trump is getting slammed from all corners Friday, and the latest Democrat to target him was Sen. Elizabeth Warren.</p>
<p>Coming off what some polls showed was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-spokesman-online-polls-2016-9">a losing performance in the his first one-on-one debate with Hillary Clinton</a>, Trump spent several days defending his treatment of women.</p>
<p>The woman <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-alicia-machado-donald-trump-miss-housekeeping-miss-piggy-2016-9">at the center of it all</a> is former Miss Universe winner, Alicia Machado. Machado has been campaigning on behalf of Clinton.</p>
<p>Clinton invoked Machado's name at the end of the debate at Hofstra University on Monday, setting off a days-long crusade led by Donald Trump, in which the Republican presidential nominee <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-alicia-machado-saved-job-gained-weight-miss-universe-2016-9">first claimed to have done Machado a favor</a>.</p>
<p>He later turned against Machado <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-miss-universe-murder-allegations-2016-9">citing her alleged past indiscretions</a> as evidence of what he calls Clinton's bad judgment.</p>
<p>The real-estate mogul's ongoing tirade didn't go unnoticed. Clinton <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-tweets-alicia-machado-2016-9">addressed the matter on Friday</a>, saying Trump's late-night tweeting about Machado was "unhinged, even for" him. In response, Trump characterized his midnight missives as a presidential virtue, <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/781926033159249920">saying</a> "at least you know I will be there, awake, to answer the call!"</p>
<p>Warren of Massachusetts, a frequent critic of Trump, apparently wasn't moved by his reasoning. In a series of tweets on Friday, Warren <a href="https://twitter.com/elizabethforma/status/781962913229799424">asked</a>, "Is this what keeps you up at night, Donald Trump? Thinking of new &amp; interesting ways to call women fat or ugly or sluts?"</p>
<p>"You never tweet at 3am with ways to help students getting crushed by debt or seniors struggling on Social Security," Warren continued. "You never tweet at 3am with ways to create new jobs for workers or hold Wall Street accountable."</p>
<h2><a href="https://twitter.com/elizabethforma">Read the rest of Warren's tweets here&raquo;</a></h2><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-tweetstorm-2016-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-calls-out-former-miss-universe-alicia-machado-weight-gain-2016-9">'I saved her job!': Trump lashed out at the Miss Universe contestant Clinton said he once called 'Miss Piggy'</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-alicia-machado-miss-universe-trap-2016-9Hillary Clinton ran a perfect psyop to derange Donald Trumphttps://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-alicia-machado-miss-universe-trap-2016-9
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:11:39 -0400Josh Barro
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/57eea8f211c8e70f0f8b47e1-1892/ap_16274639416894.jpg" alt="Donald Trump" data-mce-source="AP" data-mce-caption="Donald Trump."/></p><p>In poker, there is a concept called &#34;tilt.&#34;</p>
<p>When a poker player is on tilt, that means he&#39;s angry, and his anger is interfering with his judgment. A player on tilt will tend to play aggressively, but not in a good way — he&#39;ll make big bets when he has a bad hand, and then he&#39;ll lose.</p>
<p>You might remember the climactic scene in &#34;Rounders,&#34; in which Mike McDermott discovers his poker nemesis Teddy KGB has a serious &#34;tell.&#34; You can figure out whether Teddy has a good hand based on the way he eats his Oreos.</p>
<p>One way to use this information would be to keep quiet, sit back, watch him eat, and bet accordingly. But Mike realizes that if he reveals to Teddy that he knows about the tell, Teddy will flip out and go on tilt, making bad choices and ultimately losing all his chips.</p>
<p>This is roughly what Hillary Clinton did to Donald Trump on Monday. It <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-tweets-alicia-machado-2016-9" target="_blank">worked better than Clinton could possibly have imagined</a>.</p>
<p>Ahead of Monday night&#39;s debate, one of the facts we knew about Clinton&#39;s preparation was that she was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-debate.html">consulting with a team of psychologists</a> about how to get under Trump&#39;s skin.</p>
<p>&#34;Her campaign is preparing ways for her to unnerve Mr. Trump and provoke him to rant and rave,&#34; The New York Times reported.</p>
<p>This worked during the debate. But more impressively, it has worked for days after the debate.</p>
<p>Clinton has gotten Trump to spend the whole week litigating the question of whether he was out of line to publicly humiliate then-Miss Universe Alicia Machado over her weight gain in 1996.</p>
<p>Clinton based her debate strategy on a key insight: Trump has poor impulse control, but he is more impulsive at some times than others. He is not always an uncontrollable pile of sputtering rage — he was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-polls-worry-2016-9" target="_blank">more controlled than normal during the month leading up to the debate</a> — but if you find the right way to provoke him, you can send him off the rails.</p>
<p>Over the past few months, he has seemed less able to stifle himself when he is under attack (as during the Democratic convention) when he believes his campaign aides are second-guessing his choices (as when Paul Manafort was too openly discussing the need for Trump to change) or when he is slipping in the polls (the way he was immediately after the Democratic convention).</p>
<p><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57ed1630b0ef97f0288b8ae3-2400/gettyimages-610598630.jpg" alt="Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton" data-mce-source="Spencer Platt/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton."/></p>
<p>Having observed this, Clinton set off a series of dominoes.</p>
<p>She attacked Trump where he is sensitive — calling him &#34;Donald,&#34; questioning his wealth, bringing up past feuds — and got him not only to lash out in self-destructive ways but also to be so distracted by the need to lash out that he forgot to bring up key attacks on Clinton.</p>
<p>After Trump flunked the debate, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/us/politics/donald-trump-debate.html">his advisers predictably leaked all over</a> about how they tried and failed to get him to prepare. This further angered Trump, leading his campaign to organize a conference call with surrogates and supporters instructing them to stop leaking and start saying Trump had won the debate.</p>
<p>The substance of that conference call predictably <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/politics/donald-trump-debate-reaction/">leaked too</a>, leading the man who practically invented the phrase &#34;many people are saying&#34; to <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/781755469488615424">tweet at 3:20 a.m.</a> that any story about his campaign based on anonymous sources was based on lies.</p>
<p>The bad debate has also hurt Trump&#39;s poll standing, and as Trump comes to realize the polls are deteriorating he will most likely become angrier and more erratic — at a time when he ought to be trying to become calmer and more prepared for the next debate on October 9.</p>
<p>Alicia Machado turns out to have had <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-curious-case-of-alicia-machado/">a more checkered past</a> than most people realized on debate night, a fact that makes some people wonder whether the Clinton campaign fully vetted her before putting her in the national spotlight.</p>
<p>My guess is the Clinton campaign knew exactly what it was doing.</p>
<p><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57edb5a75124c9183ba060b7-800/do-not-vote-for-demagogue-trump-usa-today-tells-its-readers.jpg" alt="Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S. September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst " data-mce-source="Thomson Reuters" data-mce-caption="Trump holds a rally with supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S."/></p>
<p>The existence of scandal around Machado made it irresistible for Trump to spend his week insisting that Machado was the real villain here — a message choice that made Trump look petty and silly even before he urged voters in a series of overnight tweets to check out Machado&#39;s &#34;sex tape&#34; (which is <a href="http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/alicia-machado-could-be-pregnant">actually a clip from &#34;La Granja VIP,&#34; a reality show</a> about C-list celebrities working on a farm).</p>
<p>A rational candidate, coolly focused on what message he could send to best win over voters, would understand that there is nothing to gain by arguing about whether Machado is a good person, let alone about whether her weight gain was &#34;<a href="https://nymag.com/thecut/2016/09/trump-calls-alicia-machados-weight-a-real-problem-on-fox.html">a real problem</a>.&#34;</p>
<p>But Trump is not rational. He&#39;s on tilt.</p>
<p>In poker, if you go on tilt, the best strategy is to stop playing. Get up, step away from the table, and come back to play again only when your mood has normalized.</p>
<p>You don&#39;t have that option in a presidential campaign, but I&#39;d note even more importantly that you don&#39;t have the option in the presidency. If Clinton can get inside Trump&#39;s head so easily, foreign leaders will be able to do so, too. This personality trait would make Trump a very dangerous president.</p>
<p>Fortunately, it has also made him a danger to himself in his own campaign.</p>
<p>Trump has no option to take a tilt break. My expectation is he will come back to debate on October 9 still mad as hell — and I also expect that Clinton has plans up her sleeve to make him even more unhinged.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-polls-worry-2016-9" >My gut worry about the polling shift toward Donald Trump</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-alicia-machado-miss-universe-trap-2016-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-tweet-rips-miss-universe-contestant-alicia-machado-sex-tape-2016-9">'CHECK OUT SEX TAPE': Trump goes on raging tweetstorm ripping Miss Universe contestant</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-tweets-alicia-machado-2016-9Clinton campaign goes on tweetstorm in response to Trump attacks on Machado: 'This is unhinged, even for' himhttps://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-tweets-alicia-machado-2016-9
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:52:49 -0400Pamela Engel
<p>Hillary Clinton's campaign unleashed a tweetstorm on Friday in response to Donald Trump's attacks on former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, calling the Republican presidential nominee "unhinged" and "dangerous."</p>
<p>Trump <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-alicia-machado-miss-universe-2016-9">tweeted early in the morning</a> that Machado "duped and used" Clinton, who mentioned the 1996 pageant winner near the end of Monday night's presidential debate. Clinton claimed that Trump called Machado "Miss Piggy" and "'Miss Housekeeping' because she was Latina."</p>
<p>"Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT!" Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/781785509639118848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">tweeted</a>. "Hillary was set up by a con."</p>
<p>Trump was likely alluding to past allegations that Machado <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-miss-universe-murder-allegations-2016-9">was a murder accomplice in Venezuela</a>. In a subsequent tweet, Trump also suggested that she appeared in a sex tape.</p>
<p>Clinton's campaign attacked Trump in return with this series of tweets:</p>
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<p><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57ee810ad887244b078b470c-583/screenshot%202016-09-30%2011.12.40.png" alt="Hillary Clinton tweetstorm" data-mce-source="Screenshot/Twitter"></p>
<p><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57ee8141d887240a068b4710-584/screenshot%202016-09-30%2011.13.39.png" alt="Hillary Clinton tweetstorm" data-mce-source="Screenshot/Twitter"></p>
<p><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/57ee8171d887241c008b47cd-584/screenshot%202016-09-30%2011.14.34.png" alt="Hillary Clinton tweetstorm" data-mce-source="Screenshot/Twitter"></p>
<p><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57ee81a4d887241b008b47f0-583/screenshot%202016-09-30%2011.15.21.png" alt="Hillary Clinton tweetstorm" data-mce-source="Screenshot/Twitter"></p>
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<p>Machado has been a vocal critic of the Republican presidential nominee during this election cycle. She has also been campaigning in support of Clinton.</p>
<p>Since Clinton brought up Machado in Monday's debate, Trump has continually defended his actions toward her.</p>
<p>"I saved her job because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight," <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-alicia-machado-saved-job-gained-weight-miss-universe-2016-9">Trump told Fox News' Bill O'Reilly</a> on Wednesday night. "They know what they're getting into — it's a beauty contest. And I said don't do that. Let her try and lose the weight."</p>
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<p>Donald Trump is still ripping on former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, now for an alleged sex tape. </p>
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Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:41:00 -0400Peter Jacobs
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/57ee4c39d8872425008b4601-1069/alicia%20machado.jpg" alt="Alicia Machado" data-mce-source="Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Alicia Machado campaigns for Hillary Clinton on August 20, 2016 in Miami, Florida."></p><p>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump unleashed a stream of tweets Friday morning attacking former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.</p>
<p>Trump said Machado "duped and used" Hillary Clinton, who mentioned the 1996 pageant winner near the end of Monday night's presidential debate to go after Trump.</p>
<p>Trump had called Machado "Miss Piggy" and "'Miss Housekeeping,' because she was Latina," Clinton said.</p>
<p>Since the debate, Trump surrogates and conservative-leaning publications have worked to discredit Machado, bringing up past allegations that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-miss-universe-murder-allegations-2016-9">she was a murder accomplice in Venezuela</a>. They have also suggested that <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/27/porn-star-campaigns-for-hillary-clinton/">she appeared in a sex tape</a>, a claim that was <a href="https://www.snopes.com/alicia-machado-adult-star/">labeled "mostly false" by Snopes</a>, the website that examines the validity of internet rumors.</p>
<p>"Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT!" Trump said in one of the tweets.</p>
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<p>When confronted by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper over allegations that she drove a getaway car from a 1998 murder scene, Machado didn't deny the charges, instead saying she was "not a saint girl."</p>
<p>"You know, I have my past," she said. "Of course, everybody has a past. I'm not a saint girl. But that is not the point now."</p>
<p>Since Clinton brought up Machado in Monday's debate, Trump has continually defended his actions toward her.</p>
<p>"I saved her job because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight," <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-alicia-machado-saved-job-gained-weight-miss-universe-2016-9">Trump told Fox News' Bill O'Reilly on Wednesday night</a>. "They know what they're getting into — it's a beauty contest. And I said don't do that. Let her try and lose the weight."</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-alicia-machado-miss-universe-2016-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-tweet-rips-miss-universe-contestant-alicia-machado-sex-tape-2016-9">'CHECK OUT SEX TAPE': Trump goes on raging tweetstorm ripping Miss Universe contestant</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-calls-out-former-miss-universe-alicia-machado-weight-gain-2016-9'I saved her job!': Trump lashed out at the Miss Universe contestant Clinton said he once called 'Miss Piggy'https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-calls-out-former-miss-universe-alicia-machado-weight-gain-2016-9
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<p>Donald Trump is still under fire for calling out former Miss Universe Alicia Machado for gaining weight. </p>
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Thu, 29 Sep 2016 00:08:22 -0400Rebecca Harrington
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57ec81fcb0ef975f148b8b69-608/trump_slams_ex-miss_universe__says__i_saved_her_job____fox_news.jpg" alt="Trump_slams_ex Miss_Universe__says__I_saved_her_job____Fox_News" data-mce-source="Fox News/Screenshot" data-mce-caption="Donald Trump on &amp;quotThe O'Reilly Factor&amp;quot on Fox News September 28." data-link="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/28/trump-slams-ex-miss-universe-says-saved-her-job.html"></p><p></p>
<p>Donald Trump insists he saved the crown of Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe who has said he called her "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping."</p>
<p>Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/post/preview?post_id=57ec8559b0ef9737018b8e7e&amp;mode=desktophttp://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-alicia-machado-donald-trump-miss-housekeeping-miss-piggy-2016-9">mentioned Machado at the presidential debate</a> Monday night as an example of a woman Trump had mistreated.</p>
<p>The Republican presidential nominee <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/28/trump-slams-ex-miss-universe-says-saved-her-job.html">spoke with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News on Wednesday night</a>, insisting he barely knew Machado but saved her job nonetheless shortly after becoming involved with the Miss Universe pageant.</p>
<p>"This is a person, Bill, that was the first one under my ownership, she did not do well, she had a lot of difficulties, and you know, they wanted to fire her," Trump said.</p>
<p>"The company itself wanted to fire her. I saved her job. I bet you if you added up all the time I spoke to her, it was probably less than five minutes," he continued. "I had nothing to do with this person, but they wanted to fire her — I saved her job, because I said that's gonna be ruinous. And I've done that with a number of the young ladies, where I've saved their jobs. And you know what happened? Look what I get out of it. I get nothing."</p>
<p>Machado said Trump <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/trump-files-when-donald-fat-shamed-miss-universe">called her "Miss Piggy"</a> after she gained weight. She had starved herself before the pageant, Machado <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/05/16/miss-universe-sizing-up-her-reign/4b76f45c-aaa9-4b44-8acf-39f2d4af7598/">told The Washington Post</a>, and reached a healthy weight after she won in 1996.</p>
<p>Trump told O'Reilly the Miss Universe pageant wanted to fire Machado because of the weight gain.</p>
<p>"I saved her job because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight," Trump said. "They know what they're getting into — it's a beauty contest. And I said don't do that. Let her try and lose the weight."</p>
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<p>At the debate Monday night, Clinton told Machado's story.</p>
<p>"One of the worst things he said was about a woman in a beauty contest," Clinton said. "He loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them. And he called this woman 'Miss Piggy.' Then he called her 'Miss Housekeeping,' because she was Latina. Donald, she has a name. Her name is Alicia Machado. And she has become a US citizen, and you can bet she's going to vote this November."</p>
<p>Trump agreed with O'Reilly on Wednesday night that this was a "cheap shot" from Clinton, and he mentioned new allegations that had begun to surface about Machado.</p>
<p>"Now, a lot of things are coming out that I wasn't aware of," Trump said. "They say she threatened the life of a judge. If that turns out to be true ... I think it's going to make Hillary look extremely bad."</p>
<p>Earlier in the day, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-miss-universe-murder-allegations-2016-9">Machado didn't deny allegations</a> that she drove the getaway car from a murder scene and threatened to kill the judge who indicted her then-boyfriend for attempted murder.</p>
<p>"You know, I have my past," she told Anderson Cooper on CNN. "Of course, everybody has a past. I'm not a saint girl. But that is not the point now."</p>
<p>Machado became a US citizen in August, has campaigned for Clinton, and plans to vote for her on November 8.</p>
<p>The former Miss Universe — who has since become a successful actress, singer, and entrepreneur — didn't say anything about Trump's new line of attack on Twitter on Wednesday night.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/28/trump-slams-ex-miss-universe-says-saved-her-job.html" target="_blank">Watch the full Fox News interview here.</a></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-debate-hillary-clinton-trump-2016-9" >Alicia Machado was the perfect person for Clinton to bring up in the debate</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>DON'T MISS:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alicia-machado-miss-universe-murder-allegations-2016-9" >Former Miss Universe doesn't deny allegations that she was an accomplice to murder</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:09:04 -0400Pamela Engel
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57ec0cf0b0ef97011d8b88e9-1361/screen%20shot%202016-09-28%20at%202.32.04%20pm.png" alt="Alicia Machado" data-mce-source="Screenshot/CNN"></p><p>The former Miss Universe whom Hillary Clinton referenced during Monday's presidential debate did not deny accusations that she'd been an accomplice to a 1998 murder in Venezuela.</p>
<p>Alicia Machado, a vocal critic of Donald Trump for derogatory comments she claims he made about her weight years ago, was confronted with the accusations on CNN on Wednesday.</p>
<p>"There are reports that Trump surrogates tonight have been referencing and pointing to on CNN and elsewhere about an incident in 1998 in Venezuela, where you were accused of driving a getaway car from a murder scene. You were never charged with this," said CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.</p>
<p>Cooper continued: "The judge in the case also said you threatened to kill him after he indicted your boyfriend for the attempted murder. I just want to give you a chance to address these reports that the Trump surrogates are talking about."</p>
<p>Machado didn't deny the accusations.</p>
<p>"You know, I have my past," she said. "Of course, everybody has a past. I'm not a saint girl. But that is not the point now."</p>
<p>The former Miss Universe continued: "He can use whatever he wants to use. The point is, that happened 20 years ago."</p>
<p>Trump's public feud with Machado came up at the first presidential debate Monday night.</p>
<p>"One of the worst things he said was about a woman in a beauty contest," Clinton said on Monday. "He loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them. And he called this woman 'Miss Piggy.' Then he called her 'Miss Housekeeping' because she was Latina. Donald, she has a name. Her name is Alicia Machado."</p>
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Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:48:07 -0400Linette Lopez
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/57eab8aeb0ef97011d8b8474-699/alicia.jpg" alt="alicia machado" data-mce-source="Reuters" data-mce-caption="Machado laughs at a Miami Heat game in 2013. Probably much like she's laughing now."></p><p>Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton brought up a lot of sore points for her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, in Monday night's debate.</p>
<p>One of the most damaging — and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-miss-universe-piggy-hillary-clinton-presidential-debate-2016-9">one Trump himself can't seem to let go of </a>— was his treatment of Alicia Machado, whom Clinton said he called "Miss Piggy" for her weight gain after she won the Miss Universe title in 1996.</p>
<p>Trump has gratuitously insulted a lot of people during his career, including by demeaning a lot of women about their looks, so Machado may have seemed like an obscure example for Clinton to focus on.</p>
<p>But there was a reason for this choice: Latinos have never forgotten how Trump insulted Machado, whom he also reportedly called "Miss Housekeeping" because of her accent.</p>
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<p>Machado was the first Miss Universe winner after Trump bought the pageant. He was not pleased when she gained some weight after winning, and he was not shy about telling the press how he felt.</p>
<p>"She was like an eating machine," he <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/on-howard-stern-trump-called-1996-miss-universe-an-eating-ma?utm_term=.bsEZy1PDA#.ioKJvNZrM">told Howard Stern</a>.</p>
<p>When Machado asked for assistance from the Miss Universe organization in losing weight, Trump invited <em>television reporters</em> to record her workout, telling them "she weighed 117, 118 and she went up to 160, 170 pounds, so this is somebody who likes to eat."</p>
<p>Clinton could have focused on Trump's treatment of other women in the public eye — women far better known than Machado.</p>
<p>Clinton could've chosen to talk <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-gop-debate-2016-3" target="_blank">about Fox News' Megyn Kelly</a>. She could've chosen <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-carly-fiorina-polls-2016" target="_blank">former GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina</a>. She could've chosen comedian Rosie O'Donnell (whom Trump brought up unprompted at the debate anyway). She could've even chosen Trump's two ex-wives.</p>
<p>But the choice of Machado helps remind Latinos why they disliked Trump long before he started talking about Mexico sending "rapists" across the its border with the US and the need for a wall there.</p>
<p>In the 1990s, the Machado story was covered in Spanish-language news outlets both in the US and across Latin America. Trump was portrayed as a bully, and the tearful (but smiling — this is a pageant) 18-year-old Machado was seen as a victim of stressful circumstances.</p>
<p>Clinton seems to have succeeded in goading Trump into relitigating his dispute with Machado. Ever unable to let anything go, Trump complained on Tuesday morning that Machado's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-miss-universe-weight-hillary-clinton-debate-alicia-machado-2016-9" target="_blank">weight gain was a "real problem"</a> and that she was "the absolute worst," a blunder so obvious it made even the hosts of "Fox &amp; Friends" wince.</p>
<p>Trump has damaged himself most when he has gotten into fights with relatively obscure people, including the judge presiding over a lawsuit filed against Trump and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-khizr-khan-muslim-soldier-2016-8" target="_blank">parents of a slain Muslim-American soldier</a>.</p>
<p>Clinton knew exactly what she was doing — drawing Trump into something that is sure to enrage women <em>and</em> Latinos at the same time.</p>
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<h2>That was then, this is 'ow!'</h2>
<p>After Miss Universe, Machado went on to have a fairly successful acting and singing career in the Latin-American market. Her breakups and boyfriends <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/08/alicia-machado-novio-besos-hot-cumple_n_4406890.html">have been the subject of celebrity gossip</a>, and she has talked openly about Trump's treatment of her since he started running for president.</p>
<p>Back in May she did an interview with Univision journalist Jorge Ramos — <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/anchor-jorge-ramos-thrown-trump-event-told-back/story?id=33317296">another respected Latino who has caught Trump's ire</a> — about Trump's treatment of her.</p>
<p>"How did he treat you?" Ramos asked her.</p>
<p>"Abominably," she responded. "And this isn't the first time I've said it. I've spent the last 20 years telling people how I suffered that year, how that hurt me as a person. I suffered a lot of psychological violence."</p>
<p>Ramos asked her why she was speaking out now.</p>
<p>"Well, because the man hadn't run for president before," she said. "He was just supposed to be a guy running casinos, not a great nation like the US."</p>
<p>Machado definitely does believe it's a great nation, because in August she officially became a US citizen.</p>
<p>Last month, she trolled Trump on Instagram, writing that she would be voting.</p>
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<p>At the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton called out Donald Trump for criticizing former Miss Universe Alicia Machado. Trump was said to have called her "Miss Piggy" after she gained some weight.</p>
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Tue, 27 Sep 2016 01:17:02 -0400Rebecca Harrington
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57e9f241b0ef975f148b833f-2400/gettyimages-592319128.jpg" alt="Alicia Machado" data-mce-source="Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Alicia Machado campaigns for Hillary Clinton on August 20, 2016 in Miami, Florida." data-link="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/592319128"></span></p>
<p><span>Alicia Machado was born in Venezuela, crowned Miss Universe in 1996, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BJS8lOEjhGV/">became a citizen this year </a>so that she can vote for Hillary Clinton for president.</span></p>
<p><span>Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, owned the pageant while Machado was Miss Universe. She said <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/trump-files-when-donald-fat-shamed-miss-universe">he called her "Miss Housekeeping" and "Miss Piggy"</a> after she gained weight.</span></p>
<p><span>Machado <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/05/16/miss-universe-sizing-up-her-reign/4b76f45c-aaa9-4b44-8acf-39f2d4af7598/">told the Washington Post that she had starved herself</a> before the pageant, and reached a healthy weight after she won.</span></p>
<p><span>Trump's public feud with Machado — <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trump-megyn-kelly-donald-controversial-comments-women-2016-9">and other women</a> — came up at the first presidential debate Monday night when moderator Lester Holt asked the candidate about something he said about Clinton:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">HOLT: "Mr. Trump, this year Secretary Clinton became the first woman nominated for president by a major party. Earlier this month, you said she doesn't have, quote, 'a presidential look.' She's standing here right now. What did you mean by that?"</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>TRUMP: "She doesn't have the look. She doesn't have the stamina. I said she doesn't have the stamina. And I don't believe she does have the stamina. To be president of this country, you need tremendous stamina."</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>HOLT: "<span>The quote was, 'I just don't think she has the presidential look.'"</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Trump and Clinton went back and forth, then she came back at him hard, to the cheers of the crowd that was told to be silent during the debate:</span></span></p>
<p><span>"O</span>ne of the worst things he said was about a woman in a beauty contest. He loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them. And he called this woman 'Miss Piggy.' Then he called her 'Miss Housekeeping,' because she was Latina. Donald, she has a name," Clinton said as Trump interrupted her. "Her name is Alicia Machado. And she has become a US citizen, and you can bet she's going to vote this November."</p>
<p>Machado tweeted her support for Clinton:</p>
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I received my passport ! I'm ready to vote For my country for you <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton">@HillaryClinton</a> for my daughter For women workers <a href="https://t.co/U5lSwWxiHc">pic.twitter.com/U5lSwWxiHc</a> </p>— Alicia Machado (@machadooficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/780604340318773248">September 27, 2016</a>
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<p>The Clinton campaign also tweeted about Machado in Spanish, saying, "The woman that Trump called 'Miss Piggy' has a name: Alicia Machado."</p>
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La mujer que Trump llamó "Señorita Piggy” tiene nombre: Alicia Machado <a href="https://twitter.com/machadooficial">@Machadooficial</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/debatenight?src=hash">#debatenight</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ak91PCD0im">pic.twitter.com/Ak91PCD0im</a> </p>— Hillary en español (@Hillary_esp) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/780602831195738116">September 27, 2016</a>
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<p>Since winning Miss Universe, Machado has become a successful <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532410/">actress</a>, singer, model, and businesswoman. She was nominated for a Grammy, has launched her own fashion line, and appeared on over 100 magazine covers, according to her <a href="http://www.aliciamachado.com/biography.html">website</a>.</p>
<p>Machado became a US citizen in August, and has been campaigning for Clinton.</p>
<p>"Thank you Mrs. Clinton for your respect for women," <a href="https://twitter.com/machadooficial/status/780598124075110401">Machado tweeted</a> in Spanish after the debate Monday night. "I am with you!"</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trump-megyn-kelly-donald-controversial-comments-women-2016-9" >Ivanka Trump defends her dad's controversial comments about women: He's 'an equal-opportunity offender'</a></strong></p>
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